Chang San-cheng

Chang San-cheng
*Simon Chang*
Chang San-cheng; Simon Chang
張善政
	Official portrait, 2022
2nd Mayor of Taoyuan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 December 2022
Deputy	See list Wang Ming-ju; Su Jun-bin;
Preceded by	Cheng Wen-tsan
27th Prime Minister of Taiwan
	In office; 1 February 2016 – 20 May 2016; Acting: 18 January 2016 – 1 February 2016
President	Ma Ying-jeou
Deputy	Woody Duh
Preceded by	Mao Chi-kuo
Succeeded by	Lin Chuan
33rd Deputy Prime Minister of Taiwan
	In office; 7 December 2014 – 1 February 2016
Prime Minister	Mao Chi-kuo; Himself (acting)
Preceded by	Mao Chi-kuo
Succeeded by	Woody Duh
1st Minister of Science and Technology
	In office; 3 March 2014 – 7 December 2014
Prime Minister	Jiang Yi-huah
Deputy	Lin Yi-bing
Preceded by	Cyrus Chu as Minister of National Science Council
Succeeded by	Lin Yi-bing (Acting)
Minister without Portfolio
	In office; 6 February 2012 – 2 March 2014
Prime Minister	Sean Chen; Jiang Yi-huah
Succeeded by	Chiang Been-huang
Personal details
Born	24 June 1954 (age 69); Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	Kuomintang; (since 2022)
Other political; affiliations	Independent; (before 2022)
Alma mater	National Taiwan University; Stanford University; Cornell University

Chang San-cheng (or Simon Chang)^[2] (Chinese: 張善政; pinyin: Zhāng Shànzhèng; born 24 June 1954)^[1] is a Taiwanese politician who has been the mayor of Taoyuan City since 25 December 2022. He was premier of Taiwan from 1 February 2016 (de facto; 18 January 2016 as the acting premier) until 20 May 2016, appointed by President Ma Ying-jeou.^[3] Before assuming the premiership, he had served as vice premier from 8 December 2014 under the Mao Chi-kuo cabinet.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Chang was the first nonpartisan premier of Taiwan.

Chang began an independent campaign for the 2020 Taiwanese presidential election, then suspended his run to join the Kuomintang ticket, headed by Han Kuo-yu. The pair lost to incumbent president Tsai Ing-wen and her running mate William Lai.

^ ^a ^b "桃園市第3屆市長選舉選舉公報" (PDF). Central Election Commission (in Chinese). November 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "Cabinet secretary-general to head MOI". The China Post. 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
^ "Vice Premier Chang San-cheng to assume premiership". Executive Yuan. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Executive Yuan Officials". Ey.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Exclusive Interview with Chang San-cheng, Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan". Web.iii.org.tw. 2012-03-26. Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
^ to 1 February 2016 "Premier picks new ministers in reshuffle". Taipei Times. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

[cec2022-1] "桃園市第3屆市長選舉選舉公報" (PDF). Central Election Commission (in Chinese). November 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[2] "Cabinet secretary-general to head MOI". The China Post. 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

[3] "Vice Premier Chang San-cheng to assume premiership". Executive Yuan. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[4] "Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Executive Yuan Officials". Ey.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

[5] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "Exclusive Interview with Chang San-cheng, Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan". Web.iii.org.tw. 2012-03-26. Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

[7] to 1 February 2016 "Premier picks new ministers in reshuffle". Taipei Times. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

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